The Man with the Golden Gun
“The world's greatest villains tried to kill James Bond...now it's Scaramanga's turn to try!”
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
How The Man with the Golden Gun compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of James Bond, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #16 of 26
- Rank in the series by rating
- 1 year
- Wait since the previous film
- 2%
- Share of the series audience
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) ranks 16th of the 26 rated films in the James Bond series, at 6.5/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It arrived 1 year after Live and Let Die (1973).
Its 2,349 TMDB ratings are 2% of the 114,993 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for James Bond, comparing all 26 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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The Man with the Golden Gun is film 9 of 26. See the complete watch order.
- 1Dr. No
- 2From Russia with Love
- 3Goldfinger
- 4Thunderball
- 5You Only Live Twice
- 6On Her Majesty's Secret Service
- 7Diamonds Are Forever
- 8Live and Let Die
- 10The Spy Who Loved Me
- 11Moonraker
- 12For Your Eyes Only
- 13Octopussy
- 14Never Say Never Again
- 15A View to a Kill
- 16The Living Daylights
- 17Licence to Kill
- 18GoldenEye
- 19Tomorrow Never Dies
- 20The World Is Not Enough
- 21Die Another Day
- 22Casino Royale
- 23Quantum of Solace
- 24Skyfall
- 25Spectre
- 26No Time to Die